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INOCULATES
Definition of INOCULATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of inoculate
verb
To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease.
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Word DNA
INOCULATES inherits its ancestry from its root, INOCULATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INOCULATE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INOCULATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
INOCULATES starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start INOCUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found INOCULATES?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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